The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 22 June 2023

Air Date: 
June 22, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#KeystoneStateReport: Fixing I-95 at Philadelphia. SalenaZito.com

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/shapiro-puts-his-get-s-done-mantra-into-action

915-930

#KeystoneStateReport: Six generations of a Pennsylvania family brewery dating from Andrew Jackson. SalenaZito.com


https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2023/06/18/yuengling-brewery-prohibition-ice-cream-pottsville/stories/202306180047

 

930-945

1/2: #Ukraine: Michael McFaul Calling for a diplomacy surge. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/us-launch-diplomatic-surge-ukraine/

 

 

 

 

 

 

945-1000

2/2: #Ukraine: Michael McFaul Calling for a diplomacy surge. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/us-launch-diplomatic-surge-ukraine/

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Ukraine: Missiles and nukes.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/russia-ukraine-war/

1015-1030

#Ukraine: The Taiwan War & What is to be done? Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/russia-ukraine-war/

1030-1045

#MrMarket: The Fed is not close to its 2% target. Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center.https://www.wsj.com/articles/jerome-powell-set-to-discuss-interest-rates-bank-policy-1c65faa0?mod=hp_lista_pos3

1045-1100

z#ScalaReport: Stagnation in #PRC; "Doom Loop" metaphor across Big Industrial era American cities. CEO Chris Riegel, Scala.com, #STRATACACHE

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#Israel: Terror and Muder.  Yoni ben Menachem- Yoni Ben Menachem, a veteran Arab affairs and diplomatic commentator for Israel Radio and Television, is a senior Middle East analyst for the Jerusalem Center. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
https://www.timesofisrael.com/four-killed-four-injured-in-terror-shooting-at-west-bank-gas-station/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-drone-strikes-car-carrying-alleged-palestinian-gunmen-in-northern-west-bank/
https://arabexpert.co.il/en/2023/06/21/8782/
https://jcpa.org/pa-chairman-mahmoud-abbas-disappointing-visit-to-china-no-chinese-agreement-to-a-mediation-role/
 

1115-1130

I#ran; Plan C. Henry Rome is a Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, specializing in Iran sanctions, economic, and nuclear issues. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
 
https://www.voanews.com/a/top-palestinian-militants-hold-talks-in-iran-/7144039.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/world/middleeast/iran-drought-water-climate.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/21/saudi-iran-ties-have-a-long-way-to-go-despite-rapprochement-efforts.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iranian-fm-wraps-up-gulf-tour-with-visit-to-uae/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/bidens-iran-gamble
 
 

1130-1145

#Iran: Tehran pays for and drives terror on the West Bank.  Yossi Kuperwasser Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser is Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center. He was formerly Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs and head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
 
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/372546
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/372597
 

1145-1200

 #Venezuela #Nicaragua: #Iran  Raisi and Hezbollah in Caracas. Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi is a senior fellow at FDD and an expert at FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) focused on Hezbollah’s Latin America illicit threat networks and Iran’s history of sanctions evasion. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1.
 
 
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-746521.
 
 
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-746521
 
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/06/21/in-the-tri-border-area-hezbollah-agents-are-again-in-the-wind/
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/06/16/iran-and-venezuela-deepen-their-strategic-alliance/
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#NewWorldReport: #PRC in Cuba. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis


https://www.reuters.com/world/china-plans-new-military-training-facility-cuba-wsj-2023-06-20/

1215-1230

#NewWorldReport: Central America Honduras and Guatemala look disordered. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis


https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/25-dead-following-reported-riot-womens-prison-honduras-2023-06-20/

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/honduras-anti-corruption-activist-says-she-left-country-after-threats-2023-06-19/

 

1230-1245

#NewWorldReport: Melodrama in Bogota; score settling in Lima; doubts in Quito. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis


https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/thousands-march-colombia-against-petros-reforms-2023-06-20/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-government-labor-bill-shelved-after-legislators-fail-reach-quorum-2023-06-20/

1245-100 am

#NewWorldReport: Bolsonaro in distress; Uruguay in drought.   Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/uruguay-declares-water-emergency-sets-tax-exemption-bottled-water-2023-06-20/